According to a report from the American Worldview Inventory 2025, 84 per cent of Americans believe that sin exists, but just over half believe that everyone sins. Only 52% of American adults are willing to concede that they themselves are sinner, a figure that rises to two thirds among self-described Christians. A third of adults say that they do not sin, but everyone else does, according to the report which was compiled by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. Among those who describe themselves as born-again Christians, a quarter will not accept being called a “sinner” and 7o % believe that people are “basically good at heart”. The research also indicated that age may be a slight factor in the belief in universal sinfulness. Around 41 per cent of Generation Z believe that everyone sins, compared to 49 per cent of Millennials, 53 per cent of Gen X and 57 per cent of Baby Boomers.
I dont know for sure what all this means in the end, but I suspect defining what a Christian would be just as unremarkable in statistics. The 70% who believe that people are basically good at heart should read Jeremiah Chapter 17 which states very clearly: “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?"
Christianity dies or thrives based on that simple knowledge or lack of. Blaming church leadership and pastors, even though there may be some truth to it, would not fix the problem. In the end when Jesus says he knows you, what your "pastor" said will not be a wise response. You do not want to hear "Go from me, I never knew you" because it is forever.
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